pressed beneath a heavy sky

Emily Dickinson #1--Frostbitten Flowers
c. Cory Jaeger-Kenat, 2001
17x11 (inches)
Pastel on Paper
framed
sold

"Emily Dickinson and I
Peer out
Tiny rooms
Papered with tired wallpaper roses--
Confined
For our own
Good.
Shrouded behind curtains,
Crooked ladylike
Smiles
Conceal words like
swords."
from "Emily and I"
by Cory Jaeger-Kenat
'frostbitten flowers', pastel painting by cory jaeger kenat